Oil-heater.



No. 7|5,836. Y *P atnted Dec, I6, |902.

' S. B. MURSS.

(Application lad Doc. 28, 1901.)

(No lodel.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

STEPHEN B. MORSS, OE RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY.

OIL-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,836, dated December 16, 1902- Application led December 28, 191. Serial No. 87,545. (No model.)

To air/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN B. MoRss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rahway,Union county, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inrOil-Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in heaters provided with kerosene-oil burners; and the object of my invention is to provide improved means to prevent the flame from smoking; and to these ends my invention comprises a burner provided with a perforated air-distributer adapted to be raised and lowered by the wick and a stop independent of the air-distributer adapted to limit the upward movement of the air-distributor when raised by the Wick.

The invention also contemplates the novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein'- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken, of a heater embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side View at right angles thereto, and Fig. 3 is a detail of a stop hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the views, the numeral l indicates a central-draft burner, which may generally be of any well-known form, and 2 is a perforated air-distributer provided with a iiange 2a, adapted to rest upon the wick 3 and guided, as bya depending guide 2b, so as to be raised and lowered by the wick. The burner l is shown connected with an oil-font 4, inclosed within a casing 5, forming the base portion of the heater, and 6 is a frame or hood located above the burner, and said frame or hood may be removably connected with the body 5 in any well-known or desired manner or may be hinged thereto, as at 5a.

7 is a stop located above the air-distributer 2 in such position that said distributer may have the desired vertical movement when raised by the wick; but said stop is so located as to prevent the wick from being raised so high that smoke would arise from the iiame, because the distributer 2 is enabled to enstop is connected with the frame or hood 6,

as by a rod 8, connected with arms 9, that are secured to said frame or hood within the same, as shown in Fig. l. When the frame or hood 6 is raised from over the burner, the

vstop 7 will be carried away with it, so as to permit ready access to the burner and airdistributer for cleaning and other purposes, and when said frame or hood is placed again in position the stop will be brought and maintained over the air-distributer, thereby normally providing a space between saidstop and the distributer. If desired, the stop 7 may be made adjustable with respect to its support 8 for the purpose of regulating the space between the air-distributer 2 and said stop. In Fig. 3 I have shown said stop as provided with a threaded bore receiving the threaded end of the support 8, whereby the stop may be raised and lowered. y

It will be apparent that as the stop 7 de pends from the rod 8, which nds its sup port above the zone of the iiame, there is no interference by the stop to its support with the Iiame. It will be understood, however, that other means than that shown independent of the air-distributer for maintaining the stop 7 above the air-distributer may be provided.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is l. In a central-draft burner a wick and an air-distributer resting upon and supported by the wick, whereby the air-distributor will be raised and lowered by the wick, a stop for the air-distributor located above the burner, a support for the stop out lofcontact with said air-distributer, and means for sustaining said support, said means being located without the air-distributer, substantially as described.

2. In a heater, the combination of a base, an oil-font, a burner having a wick, and an air-distributer t'o rest upon and be raised and lowered by the wick, with a frame or hood adapted to be carried by said base, a stop located above the air-distributer, and a sup- IOO port for said stop, said support having means to sustain it, said means being out of contact with and located Without the air-distributer, substantially as described.

3. In a central-draft burner a Wick and an air-distributer resting upon and supported by the wick, whereby the air-distributor Will be raised and lowered by the Wick, a frame or hood inclosing said burner, and a stop for the air-distributer carried by said frame or hood and normally located above and independent of the burner, substantially as described.

4. In a heater, the combination of a base, an oil-font, a burner having a wick, and an air-distributer to rest upon and be raised and lowered by the Wick, with a frame or hood adapted to be carried by said base, a stop located above the air-distributer, and a support for said stop connected with said frame or hood.

5. In a heater, the combination of a base, an oil-font, a burner having a Wick, and an air-distributer to rest n pon and be raised and lowered by the wick, with a frame or hood adapted to be carried by said base, a stop located above the air-distributer, a support for said stop connected with said frame or hood, and means for adjustably connecting the stop with its support for regulating the distance between the stop and the air-distributer, substantially as described,

STEPHEN B. MORSS.

Vitnesses:

M. MANNING, T. F. BOURNE. 

